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Russia Buys Insurance Policies
For Descent of Mir Next Week

Updated March 12, 2001 10:58 a.m. ET

Associated Press

MOSCOW -- Russia has taken out $200 million in insurance policies to cover possible damages after the Mir space station is dumped in the South Pacific this month, a space official was quoted as saying Sunday.

The 15-year-old Mir, once the crowning achievement of the Russian space program, has deteriorated in recent years...